‘One Battle After Another’ wins six Oscars

• ‘One Battle After Another’, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, won six awards at the 98th Academy Awards on March 16.

• It won awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, the Oscars’ first trophy for Best Casting and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn. 

• Before this movie filmmaker Anderson had 11 career Oscar nominations and no wins.

• Michael B. Jordan won the best actor Oscar on Sunday for playing twin brothers in the vampire tale ‘Sinners’.

• Jessie Buckley won best actress for her performance as Agnes Shakespeare in ‘Hamnet’.

• Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first female cinematographer to win the Oscar for the movie ‘Sinners’. She was only the fourth female cinematographer ever nominated.

• Ryan Coogler, director of Sinners, won his first Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

The complete list of winners:

• Best Picture: One Battle After Another

• Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

• Best Actress: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

• Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

• Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan (Weapons)

• Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

• Best International Film: Sentimental Value (Norway)

• Best Documentary Feature: Mr. Nobody Against Putin

• Best Original Screenplay: Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

• Best Adapted Screenplay: One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)

• Best Original Score: Ludwig Goransson (Sinners)

• Best Original Song: Golden from KPop Demon Hunters

• Best Animated Film: KPop Demon Hunters

• Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash

• Best Costume Design: Kate Hawley (Frankenstein)

• Best Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners)

• Best Documentary Short Film: All the Empty Rooms

• Best Sound: F1 (Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta)

• Best Production Design: Frankenstein (Tamara Deverell and Shane Viea)

• Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Frankenstein (Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey) 

• Best Film Editing: Andy Jurgensen (One Battle After Another)

• Best Live Action Short Film: The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva

• Best Animated Short Film: The Girl Who Cried Pearls

• Best Casting: Cassandra Kulukundis (One Battle After Another).

(The author is a trainer for Civil Services aspirants.)